Italian Language and Culture Homestays

  Italy

• Florence: 
Florence

Dates: All year round

Description: New Itineraries is not a language school, it is a Cultural Association of Italian language teachers offering Italian language homestay programs. The student will not go to school and will have 1-to-1 tuition in the home of a teacher.

Italian language homestays are suitable for adult students, such as professionals, business and opera singers. As a guest, the student will live in the home as one of the family and have daily tuition from one of the hosts who is a qualified and experienced teacher.

Accommodation is in comfortable homes of excellent quality, in or near Florence and in the Chianti Wine Area. All meals are taken in the family and you will have a private room and private bath.

Host families live in Florence, or in large country villas just outside the city in the Chianti wine area, or in other parts of Tuscany. The homes are excellent for comfort and quality. The teaching families in the Association host all year round.

All teachers are qualified, have experience in hosting guests and teaching Italian to foreign students.

The hosts will make the student feel at home, give tuition in the Italian language and culture for the chosen hours, prepare meals, introduce the student to social activities and try to make all efforts rewarding and worthwhile.

The Programs include:

Italian language and culture tuition - 15 hours a week
Italian language and cooking- total 20 hours per week
Italian language during cultural excursions - total 20 hours per week
Italian language and history of art - 20 hours per week of guided visits to Florence and other historical sites in Tuscany
Italian language based on Libretti of Opera - 20 hours per week

Only one student in each home.

Cost in US$: Minimum $ 1,115 per week

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian and European Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

New Itineraries Cultural Association's Mission Statement: New Itineraries is a cultural association of Italian language teachers offering Italian language and culture individual programs to foreign students. The student live with the family for the chosen period to gain a better academic and working knowledge of the language.

Year Founded: 1971